The best case studies are those that do not reveal
the outcome of the dilemma.
Not exact matches
This is the exact opposite
outcome of a single - shot Prisoners»
Dilemma, where the rational strategy is to be mean; when you're playing for the long run it is better to be nice — you'll make up any short - term losses with long - term gains.
Daniel Cormier & Cain Velasquez both train out
of the American Kickboxing Academy which provided Cormier with a
dilemma once he moved over to the UFC from Strikeforce as the heavyweight champion, the eventual
outcome was a drop down to 205 lbs where Cormier has remained since 2014.
The study examined groups
of four people (all
of them psychology undergraduates) tasked with either creating an advertising campaign (interactive problem - solving) or playing a «prisoner's
dilemma» game in which the best
outcome for the group was if all four members co-operated.
Now this may seem odd as a foundational belief — «public goods» are rather universally understood in economics, and the «tragedy
of the commons» and related game - theory discussions
of, for example, the archetypal «Prisoner's
Dilemma», show quite clearly that there are situations where cooperative action produces a better
outcome for all than seeking individual selfish advantage.
If all countries act on this basis without forethought and cooperation there will be no resolution
of the
dilemma, we will all judge the
outcome in the fullness
of time to be insufficient and unsatisfactory.
The free rider problem is a big justification for government intervention in terms
of charity — also relying on the same game theory the prisoner's
dilemma does — arguing that it is people's best interest to hold down on charitable donations and let the rich do it and that this
outcome is not good for the «public good».
Behind every statistic there are real people; individuals, families and communities who have lived and died in pursuit
of better, healthier and more ethical
outcomes for themselves and their communities: and therein lies a
dilemma.
However, the groups did not differ in the proportion
of cooperative choices made between the pair
of students, and there were no group differences in the
outcome of the Prisoner's
Dilemma game.
One author carried out the coding for the current themes and any
dilemmas and the validity
of outcome themes were resolved in discussions with the research team (Saldaña, 2009).